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Team #4
Captain: Suzanne

Members:
Suzanne
Loriidae
Deanna

Just a Hop, Skip & Click Away
Happy Reading!

Shelf Announcements ~ Check for the latest shelf announcement & review the requirements for each shelf
Captain's Log ~ Share team shelf stats prior to requesting a stamp
Stamp Me! ~ Request a stamp for your bingo card
Discussions ~ Throughout the game, head here to chat with other players & shelf chant til your heart's content
Bingo Rules ~ Rules of the game
Free Space Rules ~ Where to look when pickin' your free space book
Bingo FAQ ~ Don't hesitate! If you have a question, let us know.

Hiya, Team Caps! Thanks for volunteering to guide your team through a round of BookShelf Bingo!

Your job, should you choose to accept it, will require a few things:
1 ~ Be our go-to person should we have any questions about your team
2 ~ Organize your teammate's weekly reads for each shelf/category so that the BSB Ninjas can quickly and easily verify and approve your stamp request(s)
2a ~ Create a master list in a post (preferably on the first page of your team's thread) and update it weekly or as often as necessary
2b ~ Post your team's stats on the Captain's Log prior to requesting a stamp
3 ~ Encourage and motivate your team (you may also ask to borrow Judithe's whip whenever necessary)
4 ~ Post regularly to ensure your team is communicating and on track each week
4a ~ Send them a PM and friendly poke if they haven't posted at least once a week, noted their book choice, and/or appear to have dropped out of webspace
5 ~ Send us a PM (Steph, Sandra or Judithe) should you need us for any reason throughout the game

Link to print a copy of your bingo card:

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Master List

Free Space
Deanna Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb Rating ★★★★� Date Read Oct. 10 Review
Loriidae Nicodemus by D.B. Reynolds Rating ★✰✰✰� Date Read: Oct. 16 Review
Suzanne Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb Rating ★★★★� Date Read Oct. 23Review

Shelf #1: Vampire(s) - Oct. 8
Deanna Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren Rating ★★� Date Read: Oct 19 Review
Loriidae Blood Wager by Connie Suttle Rating: ★★★★� Date Read: Oct. 10 Review
Suzanne The Vampire's Priceless Treasure by Kristen Painter Rating: ★★★★� Oct. 15 Review

Shelf #2: Witch(es) Oct. 15
Deanna Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs Rating ★★★★� Oct 22 Review
Loriidae A Grave Magic by Bilinda Sheehan Rating ★★★✰� Date Read Oct 18 Review
Suzanne The Lost Witch: A Novel by Paige Crutcher Rating ★★★★ Oct 22 Review

Shelf #3: Haunted House Oct. 22
Deanna How to Claim an Undead Soul by Hailey Edwards Rating ★★★★ Oct 29Review
Loriidae Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance Rating ★★★✰� Date Read Nov. 3Review
Suzanne How to Save an Undead Life by Hailey Edwards Rating ★★★★ Oct 28 Review

Shelf #4 PNR Oct. 29
Deanna The Vampire's Priceless Treasure by Kristen Painter Rating ★★★★ Nov. 4 Review
Loriidae Storm Echo by Nalini Singh Rating ★★★★� Nov. 5Review
Suzanne Dark Queen by Faith Hunter Rating★★★★� Nov. 14 Review

Shelf #5 Spirit(s), Ghoul(s) and Poltergeist(s) Nov. 5
Deanna The Witch Is Inn by Danielle Garrett Rating ★★★★ Nov. 6 Review
Loriidae Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch Rating ★★★✰� Nov. 14Review
Suzanne Slow Dance in Purgatory by Amy Harmon Rating ★★★★ Nov. 15 Review

Shelf #6 Nov. 12
Deanna Rating ★★★★ Review
Loriidae Rating ★★★✰� Review
Suzanne Rating ★★★★ Review

Hellow Suzanne and Deanna - waving hello from northern Australia

Hey team! Checking in. I'm not great at team names but here are a few ideas

Always S'more Books
Pumpkin Spice and Plots So Nice
Picks of the Patch
As the Leaves Turn

Any volunteers for captain?

You ARE great at team names - thanks for thinking of some! I'm not even sure which is my favorite.

I can captain if needed, but I'm perfectly happy with either of you doing it if you want to!

What are your favorite team names? I thought about them at the gym and I think my two favorites are As the Leaves Turn and Pumpkin Spice and Plots so Nice. But I'd be happy with any of them.

First call is today! And it's great to choose (but not start til after first call) your free space book.

Have you both played this before? Just curious, plus I don't want to annoyingly explain things you already know.

I like either of those two names. I think for free space I'll read Desperation in Death. The series is on the audiobook series list.

I'd prefer not to captain this time around. I started working full time again a few weeks ago, so I'm still adjusting to the decrease in free time.

That's a big adjustment for sure! I just retired last May (from teaching at the university). I thought I'd have tons of free time, but it has filled up with all the things I wanted to do but didn't have time for. I somehow am reading a lot less than when I was working - so strange.

Nice idea with the free space book - I may pull something from that series too.

Deanna, great names, I really like pumpkin spice and plots so nice, because of the rhyme, I don't actually know what that is, ie, does it mean pumpkin spice? or is pumpkin, spice and if so what spice would you use, curious and always looking for a different recipe combo.

As the leaves turn is also pretty, particularly as in the tropics, we don't have autumn here, but there is a liquid amber on my childhood farm, that I adore seeing in all its glory if I am in South Australia when the leaves turn.

Suzanne, it would be great if you could captain as I am currently away visiting my son and typing on my phone.....

I have played bingo many times and really enjoy it.

I must admit I gave up on the In Death books at about #30, but I regularly go back and read the first 3 or 4 those are my favourites.

I have been searching the shelves for Horror, which I hate and Ghosts, and Grim Reaper which are my next least favourites. I work on the principle that if I find something I don't mind reading for those topics I make note of them so I don't accidentally read them for one of the other topics where I have heaps of options.

I have been saving the latest Mercy Thompson Soul Taken and Jane Yellowrock Final Heir for this game. :) I also have the latest Psy-changeling Storm Echo.

Pumpkin spice (or pumpkin pie spice) is actually a combination of the spices you would use to make pumpkin pie for those who don't want the bother of measuring the individual spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice I think.

Shelf #1 ~ 8 Oct: Vampire(s)
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ vampire, vampires -OR- SOS' "vampire" shelf

Nice - thanks so much for posting that!

And lets go with the Pumpkin spice name - hope that's ok!

Name has been added, I've added you to the Captain list for Steph to edit, Suzanne.

Oh thanks Sandra - I was going to go post, but I started looking at Vampire books.

I'm going to read:

which is shelved as vampires 14 times (p. 1 of shelves)

I SHOULD read my next Jane Yellowrock book, but my mood has been funny and this book will be much lighter.

Deanna wrote: "Pumpkin spice (or pumpkin pie spice) is actually a combination of the spices you would use to make pumpkin pie for those who don't want the bother of measuring the individual spices: cinnamon, nutm..."

Ooh thanks for that sounds like a nice combination for pumpkin soup.

Completion Post - Shelf One - Vampires

Blood Wager (#1 Blood Destiny) Connie Suttle
How it fits: Shelved as Vampires 121 times
Pages: 235

Review:
This book has been sitting on my TBR, as a friend recommendation for several years. On the day her husband’s life support was turned off, Lissa went to a bar to get drunk. Unwittingly she became the butt of a cruel vampire bet. She is turned into a vampire and left to fend for herself. I really enjoyed Lissa’s story. Struggling to survive in this new alien world, we realise the depth of her character. She is smart, savvy and funny. She was able to challenge the traditions because she had no knowledge of them and thus was able to bring about changes for the better. 4 stars.
Read: Oct 10 Rating: ★★★★�

Suzanne wrote: "I SHOULD read my next Jane Yellowrock book, but my mood has been funny and this book will be much lighter...."

I know exactly what you are saying!

Nice review - that sounds interesting! She sounds like the type of character I'd like.

Suzanne wrote: "Nice review - that sounds interesting! She sounds like the type of character I'd like."

Thanks, there were a few lulls, and it felt like the book had three distinct parts but as a first in series it was pretty good.

I still haven't picked a free space. I have started three books and put them aside after a chapter or so, I will read them eventually, just not what I want to read right now.

That makes total sense to me! It's much more enjoyable to read things that are interesting/absorbing - and that changes all the time!

I'll have my vampire book finished tomorrow. It's nice that it the category is on the diagonal with our free space :) And new shelf tomorrow too - yay!

Completion Post - Free Space

Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb
How it fits: found on best audiobook series list
Pages: 368

Review: Eve is called to the scene of a young murder victim in what appears to be a mugging, but the evidence doesn't add up. High end manicure, expensive clothes, and the perfect splash of blood from another missing girl lead Eve to dig into the world of underage human trafficking. Eve and Roarke are an amazing team and couple as always, and the murder-mystery plot was excellent. I'm amazed at how much I continue to enjoy this series after reading all 55 currently published books. Can't wait for the next book!
Read: Oct 10
Rating: ★★★★�

Completion Post - Shelf One - Vampire(s)

The Vampire's Priceless Treasure by Kristen Painter
How it fits: shelved as vampires 14 times (1st page of shelves)
Date Read: 10/15
Pages: 352

Rating: ★★★★�

Review:
I always love returning to Nocturne Falls (although I wish more of the book had been totally set in the town because I love it so much). In this book, Kora Dupree (half vampire, half reaper) is sent on a treasure hunt by an unknown person. If she succeeds, she will finally know what happened to her mother one hundred years ago. Grayson (who we have seen in previous books, as well as in the Jayne Frost series) is suspicious of Kora, and ends up helping her.

I liked seeing the world-wide supernatural treasure hunt, and I liked seeing Grayson and Kora's relationship grow. Two big shout outs:
Waffles the cat - Kora's story of adopting Waffles made me happy.
Grayson's ability to totally respect boundaries and not push. You don't see that much in romance stories.

New Shelf!
Shelf #2 - 15 Oct: Witch(es)

Links: Witch
Witches
SOS Witches/Magic shelf

Completion Post - Shelf - Free Space
Nicodemus
Nicodemus (#5 Stone Warriors) D.B. Reynolds
How it fits: Option two: #64 Best PNR list
Pages: 374

Review:
We first encountered Nick as Cynthia’s booty call in the Vampires in America series. This book, the final in the spin-off Stone Warrior series, is his story. Unfortunately I was bored! Apart from the brief chapters at the start when we are introduced to his lover, Antonia, she doesn’t appear again until 65%, and this is supposed to be their love story. After eight 5-star reads in her Vampires in America series, this was such a disappointment from this author. 1.5 stars.
Read: Oct 16 ★✰✰✰�

Witches - nice one. I will be driving most of tomorrow, and I have A Grave Magic by Bilinda Sheehan on audio.

Oh that works well.

And yikes - sorry you didn't enjoy that Free Space book!

Suzanne wrote: "And yikes - sorry you didn't enjoy that Free Space book!"

Yeah, I was so tempted so many times to abandon it, but I wanted to mark the series off as complete. I think I need to go back and reread my favourites books #1 and #2 of VIA as a palette cleanser...

Sandra posted the spreadsheet link
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The Sanderson Sisters already have three in a row - hopefully for the game and for me (I hate horror) - horror won't called

Another day of driving for me - I am heading home after visiting my son - I am quite enjoying listening to my witch book.

Wow they really got lucky with those calls! Yes fingers crossed for no horror :)

I'm making slow progress in my two books. I'll get caught up by the end of the week.

Thanks for the update Deanna!

I'm 30% done with my witch book. And I'm hoping to finish an audiobook today and then my next audio is for the free space.

Completion Post - Shelf Two - Witches

A Grave Magic (#1 shadow scorceress) Bilinda Sheehan
How it fits: Shelved as Witches 17 times
Pages: 277

Review:
Triggers: (view spoiler)[ graphic gore and excessive violence including violence against children, workplace sexual harassment (hide spoiler)]

I listened to this book over two days of driving, the narrator - Angela Dawe (also narrates Nalini Singh) so that was a plus straight away. Amber is a witch in a world where witches are hunted, although vampires and shifters have citizenship, so that was an interesting twist. As a witch in hiding, she works for Elite, a human only paranormal crimes bureau. With the psychic premonition of back sight she is able to view crime photos and determine if they are of human or supernatural origins.

So Sheehan has created an interesting world, but it fell away in terms of characters which often felt weak and underdeveloped. Amber was too snarky for my liking, too immature and prone to rapid mood changes. There were several plot inconsistencies and a lot of repetition which annoyed. It also ended in an odd place very abruptly with many unanswered questions, although it wasn’t a cliffhanger as such - probably just too much unexplained. However there were several plot twists that I wasn’t expecting.

One of those books where the first in series is obviously the set up for the rest of the series, I would be interested in reading the next, to see if the questions are answered and hopefully the heroine improves as well. 2.5 stars

Read: Oct 18 ★★★✰�

Completion Post - Week 1 - Vampire

Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren
How it fits: tagged vampires 9 times, vampire 8 times
Pages: 228

Review: I've been avoiding this book for several months now because the longer plot of whether Lucy will agree to marry Rafe has been way to drawn out, and I needed a break from it. In this addition to the series, Lucy's cousin is cursed. The witches do a spell to turn the curse back on the person who set it on Violet and the woman dies less than a day later. Rafe and the vampires help investigate the murder. I liked the mystery plot. It was well thought out and managed to surprise me in the end. The best I can say about the tension between Rafe and Lucy is that it is finally over because it detracted from the rest of the book for me. While this is my least favorite book in the series so far, I'm happy that the larger issues are resolved and am looking forward to the next book in the series.

Read: 19 Oct ★★�

Completion Post - Shelf 2 - Witches

Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs
How it fits: tagged witches 35 times
Pages: 388

Review: Loved, loved, loved the newest edition to the Mercy Thompson series!! I was a little worried about whether or not I would like this book. The last book was a struggle for me because Adam and Mercy were so out of sync. I was so glad to see the dynamic between the two is back to normal as it's one of my favorite parts of the series. Adam and Mercy must find Wulfe, figure out where their vampire allies have vanished, and track down an ancient artifact that is once again being using to kill victims with minor magical abilities. The main story was fascinating, and I was surprised to find out who was behind the plot. The side story of Sherwood's real identity was equally fascinating, and I look forward to seeing how that is developed in future books. Fantastic read!

Read: 22 Oct ★★★★�

Great reviews!

I am about 30 minutes from being done with my witches book, but I need a nap first. Then I'll get my review in and request both those stamps.

And I'll probably finish my free space book tomorrow.

Deanna, so glad to see you enjoyed Mercy, I have been pretty hesitant to start as well.

Completion Post - Shelf 2 - Witches

Book:
The Lost Witch: A Novel by Paige Crutcher
Date Read: 10/22
Pages: 320
How it fits: Argh - I cannot get to top shelves for some reason to get #s, but Witches is a MPG
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
Brigid Heron is a healer witch who living on an island in 1922. When she casts an important spell she is thrust 100 years into the future, with no memory. The present (2022) island is a dangerous place, with monsters lurking and turning the townspeople into the Damned. And nobody can leave! Two witches who are living in Brigid's home join with her to try to save the island.

I enjoyed seeing Brigid learn about what happened, and I really liked the characters of Fin, Ophelia, and Knightly. Some pop culture references (thanks Fin) made me laugh. And I liked the world of monsters and townspeople who continued on through the horror.

The tone was slightly detached - giving the story a mythic feel. That's not my favorite tone, but it did fit with the story.

Shelf #3 ~ 22 Oct: Haunted House
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ haunted, sentient or otherwise magical house; house on cover

This new call will give us 3 in a row!

Oooh exciting!!!